[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73258-73259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25294]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 12, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: 
Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

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    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by December 17, 2020. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on 
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Livestock Slaughter.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0005.
    Summary of Collection: The primary functions of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue current 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices and to collect information on related 
environmental and economic factors. General authority for data 
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 
2204(a). This statue specifies the ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
procure and preserve all information concerning agriculture which he 
can obtain . . . by the collection of statistics . . . and shall 
distribute them among agriculturists''. Information from federally and 
non-federally inspected slaughter plants are used to estimate total red 
meat production. NASS will use a Federally and non-Federally-inspected 
livestock slaughter survey to collect data.
    Need and Use of the Information: NASS will combine information 
collected from both types of plants to estimate total red meat 
production, consisting of the number of head slaughtered plus live 
weights of cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, goats, and bison. Accurate and 
timely livestock estimates provide USDA and the livestock industry with 
basic data to project future meat supplies and producer prices. 
Agricultural economists in both the public and private sectors use this 
information in economic analysis and research.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 1,150.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,168.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-25294 Filed 11-16-20; 8:45 am]
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